a2geeks Blog from Dec 09, 2008

Who are you and what do you do?

I'm Adam Davis, I currently work at Lear as a contract software engineer on electronic modules that will appear in cars in a few years. I do consulting for electronic hardware and software design, but am proficient at a wide range of skills in the computer and IT area, to software development, to electronic design and microcontroller work (embedded systems). My greatest enjoyment comes from designing and building systems that involve many areas, such as building and programming an embedded tracking device that communicates with a web page and updates a database through a cellular connection.

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Why are you attending ArbCamp?

I want to get to know people who want to grow the technical community in Ann Arbor. I'd like to become involved in more adventures, and become a resource for others to launch their passions.

If you were to lead a session, what would it be about?

Napkin designs - how to take your idea apart into smaller manageable chunks and implement it quickly and iteratively. A big part of this is knowing what is possible, where shortcuts can be made, and weighing implementation risks to come to a manageable design.

Tell us one random fact about yourself.

I participated in the 2006 National Novel Writing Month and completed a 50k word novel, which you can read for free (free pdf) http://www.lulu.com/content/631354

Where can we find you?

http://www.ubasics.com/
http://www.linkedin.com/in/madavis
http://stackoverflow.com/users/2915/adam-davis
http://twitter.com/stienman (~4 updates per day)
http://www.vimeo.com/user278372/videos (Mostly GoTech videos)
adavis@ubasics.com